States Without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic CrisisTerrorist attacks on America and its allies and persistent violence in the Islamic world point to a crisis in Islamic society, which States without Citizens attributes to an unfulfilled quest for an Islamic renaissance. The Islamic states, whose borders were arbitrarily imposed by Western states, are beset by pervasive socioeconomic problems—authoritarian rule, economic inequities, educational shortcomings, development project failures, sexual frustration—that are being exploited by radical Islamists. Native attempts to modernize Islamic society by adopting Western ways have repeatedly foundered because they have sought to replicate the trappings of state power while neglecting their foundation in civic ethics. To mitigate the violence engendered by the Islamic crisis, the author recommends that culturally authentic institutions must be created that will instill a civic ethics of common cause and public service. |
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... Iran in 1935 to leverage theories of Aryan migra- tions ( " Iran " and " Aryan ” are variants of the same word ) . Consequent to nationalist agitation in Egypt , the British terminated their protectorate in 1922 , and the Khedive's ...
... Iran faced the task of motivat- ing the populace , which largely accepted its circumstances as they were . The Shi'a of Iran had long revered and emulated Husayn , the slain grand- son of the Prophet ; but his traditional image was that ...
... Iran there is a comparable educational agenda . Since the fall of the Shah , Iran has been promoting its self - image as the guardian of Shi'i Islam and the hub of the Islamic Revolution . Surveys of Iranian cur- riculum indicate that ...
Contents
Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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